Durban - COP17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has congratulated all the delegations at the United Nations climate talks for "their leadership and rising to the occasion when it was most required".
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the South African delegation at COP17 for their "outstanding achievement" at the recently concluded climate change conference in Durban.
Pretoria - Adults who want to get their matric certificate have only one day left to register to write the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination.
Cape Town - The Department of Basic Education says government's collaborative project dubbed "Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC)" is on track.
Pretoria - Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has gazetted the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Bill (B-BBEE), which aims to align the B-BBEE Act with other legislations impacting on black economic empowerment.
Pretoria - Business and civil society organisations in the North West have called for increased police visibility in the province's hotspots to help eradicate crime.
Pretoria - South Africa and Benin have signed a cooperation deal that will boost flights between the two countries.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed two acting judges for the Constitutional Court, the Presidency announced in a statement.
Pretoria - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for any differences regarding the provisional results in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to be resolved peacefully through available legal and mediation mechanisms.
Pretoria - The South African government says it had on several occasions called on the Chinese to halt the execution of a South African woman convicted of smuggling drugs.
Pretoria - South Africa has commemorated the 15th anniversary of the signing of the country's Constitution with the lighting of an "Eternal Flame of Democracy", which will serve as a reminder and commitment to the country's democracy.
Pretoria - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize has welcomed the appointment of Judge Narotem Patel by President Jacob Zuma to serve as provincial High Court Judge President.
Pretoria - The two Vietnamese nationals arrested at OR Tambo International Airport last Thursday with ivory and rhino horns will remain in police custody until a translator is found.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development has urged residents of the province to take anti-malarial medication before they visit malaria endemic areas.
Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Godfrey Oliphant, has urged the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) to continue to pursue the targets of skills and capacity building for the sector as set out in the revised Mining Charter.
